Type R and VTEC owners

TaKeN · 24 Jun 2012 at 15:49

Went to see this today > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-HOND...I&otn=1&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=137380629584655822

* Curbed & Poorly refurbed alloys
* Partial service history
* Cracked front splitter
* Usual stone chips and laquer damage to the front bumper

Guy would take £5080 for it with the K&N Typhoon he put on a few months back.

Not the best car to be going for? :\ (Muffin has already told me this

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Stormster · 24 Jun 2012 at 18:10

Come buy mine for £5500 it is positively mint in comparison

rjk · 24 Jun 2012 at 19:04

TaKeN said:
Not the best car to be going for? :\ (Muffin has already told me this )

muffin is 100% correct

Muffin` · 24 Jun 2012 at 20:17

Oh, indeed.

rjk · 25 Jun 2012 at 16:53

rjk buying car parts again...

anyone seen a Gruppe M with this type of plaque before?

by the carbon weave it looks legit and I have seen a few pics on google with the 'M's' logo.

thought they were supposed to say 'Gruppe M' on the plaque

Muffin` · 25 Jun 2012 at 17:40

fake, send it back

do you work in OcUK procurement?

Muffin` · 25 Jun 2012 at 17:58

im 99% sure the 'm' is a fake, but it does what it says on the tin, so you should be ok

lee1101 · 25 Jun 2012 at 18:02

I've seen a few that just say M's. Apparently its something to do with its age, the old ones say M's and the new ones Gruppe M.

rjk · 25 Jun 2012 at 18:21

Muffin` said:
fake, send it back

do you work in OcUK procurement?

I do indeed. Not purchased yet but thought I would ask here in case. Seen quite a few of this logo on jdm cars but not 100% so thought I would post here.

Nice sig btw muffin

lee1101 said:
I've seen a few that just say M's. Apparently its something to do with its age, the old ones say M's and the new ones Gruppe M.

That's the way I understood it. Tried googling it a little but can't find much. The weave of the cf looks much better than the tegiwa. But I'm not paying Gruppe M prices if it isn't a genuine intake. Especially not with japfest coming up and the inevitable tegiwa 10% discount making a new intake much cheaper.

Dreadi · 25 Jun 2012 at 19:57

I'm off to Hond-r in the morning to get some coilovers fitted woot!

ChrisD. · 25 Jun 2012 at 23:29

It's not fake.

Sin_Chase · 25 Jun 2012 at 23:40

Debating whether to let my dealer do a valve clearance check/adjustment. I've done it myself twice but one of them is a total nightmare to do and I'm not 100% convinced it's perfect. I doubt it's out of spec but it is playing on my mind anyway.

Not the sort of thing I can do while in the UK with a specialist as the car needs a fair old time to properly cool down, don't have the time to be able to dedicate to that when I am over next month.

-Ad- · 25 Jun 2012 at 23:48

New wheel arrived, only had a cheeky look as it was a long day on site followed by an 8hr drive from Hull back home.

But it looks amazing, great work by Jack @ Royal Steering Wheels.

Before and after pics to come tomorrow!

rjk · 25 Jun 2012 at 23:59

MilanoChris said:
It's not fake.

Ok. I thanks for clarifying Chris.

What makes you say that? I could you give me a bit of insight before I lay down the cash?

rjk · 26 Jun 2012 at 08:30

bit of an update, had an email from GruppeM north america. Japan still need to chime in really but this does seem rather conflicting with Chris's opinion.

hpmx.com said:
Hi Richard,

That does not appear to be a genuine GruppeM plaque. GruppeM has never been referred to as "M's" that I'm aware of. We've kept the cc's above so that others can chime in if needed, but this doesn't appear to be genuine GruppeM to me.

Jonathan L

-Ad- · 26 Jun 2012 at 10:35

rjkoneill said:
bit of an update, had an email from GruppeM north america. Japan still need to chime in really but this does seem rather conflicting with Chris's opinion.

Direct from the boys.

Wait and get yourself a Tegiwa copy if you can get a discount. Or if this one cheap enough then get a decent offer in if you're shure it's made well enough and will do the job.

Might be worth letting the seller first and/or forum moderator of their FS section know about teh G.M response.

rjk · 26 Jun 2012 at 11:40

seems it is a GM afterall

http://type-r-owners.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?83713-Real-Gruppe-M

this is right confusing.

might call CPL racing up and see what they say.

Muffin` · 26 Jun 2012 at 11:45

I'd reply to the USA guys and CC in Japan with that link

Dup · 26 Jun 2012 at 11:47

I'm pretty sure it's the JDM y0 brand for them. Definitely seen it before when I had my EP3 and was looking at parts up for grabs.

rjk · 26 Jun 2012 at 12:02

well it certainly looks a lot nicer than the teg version imho.

just strange how there is two versions. going to look at it tonight. the price is good for a GM intake which is the main reason i was asking.